. Cobb's Bill-of-fare. ze the old placeany more; but when they switch to a march,a regular Sousa march full of um-pahs, thenI begin to spread myself. A little tingle ofanticipatory joy runs through me as advances to the footlights and firstwaves his baton at the great big Germanwho plays the little shiny thing that lookslike a hypodermic and sounds like steppingon the cat, and then turns the other way andwaves it at the little bit of a German whoplays the big thing that looks like a venti-lator off an ocean liner and sounds like feed-ing-time at the zoo. And then he makes theinvitatio
. Cobb's Bill-of-fare. ze the old placeany more; but when they switch to a march,a regular Sousa march full of um-pahs, thenI begin to spread myself. A little tingle ofanticipatory joy runs through me as advances to the footlights and firstwaves his baton at the great big Germanwho plays the little shiny thing that lookslike a hypodermic and sounds like steppingon the cat, and then turns the other way andwaves it at the little bit of a German whoplays the big thing that looks like a venti-lator off an ocean liner and sounds like feed-ing-time at the zoo. And then he makes theinvitation general and calls up the brassesand the drums and the woods and the wood-winds, and also the thunders and the light-nings and the cyclones and the three or four of the trombonists pullthe slides away out and let go full steamright in my face, with a blast that blows myhair out by the roots, and all hands join inand make so much noise that you cant hearthe music. And I enjoy it more than wordscan tell!. AND I enjoy rr MORE THAN WORDS CAN TELL I Cobbs Bill-of-Fare 69 On the other hand, grand wopra does notappeal to me. I can enthuse over the robinssong in the spring, and the sound of the sum-mer wind rippling through the ripenedwheat is not without its attractions for me;but when I hear people going into convul-sions of joy over Signor Massacres immor-tal opera of Medulla Oblongata I feel thatI am out of my element and I start back-pedaling. Lucy D. Lammermore may havebeen a lovely person, but to hear a lot offoreigners singing about her for three hourson a stretch does not appeal to me. I havea better use for my little two dollars. Forthat amount I can go to a good minstrelshow and sit in a box. You may recall when Strauss Elektra wascreating such a furor in this country acouple of years ago. All the people youmet were talking about it whether theyknew anything about it or not, as generallythey didnt. I caught the disease myself;I went to hear it sung. I only l
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